On my end, the game usually runs between 30 and 40 fps average. When I enter towns, it goes up and down between ca. 15 and 25. In Cyrodiil it runs fine, as long as no battle is going on nearby, IN a battle, it drops to 4, I assume it's all that spellcasting and too many players at one spot. Sometimes the game even just logs me out there automatically, then I end up at the point where I left to Cyrodiil...

I really would love to fight in Cyrodiil, but on 4 fps I need a bucket and a doctor (really, I get sick watching that slideshow). It needs about 10 seconds to use the staff or cast a spell, by this time I get killed most of the time anyways, so what's the point then..

I just wanted to thank everyone for their time. I started playing the actual game last night and I found it to be enjoyable. Aside from the 5-10 minute loading screens which I experienced once last night. This game is good, but not great and it does have problems. I tweaked the settings and I get about 40-60 FPS now. About 30 in the city, so would that be considered normal?

sagitter wrote: »

Raygee wrote: »

On my end, the game usually runs between 30 and 40 fps average. When I enter towns, it goes up and down between ca. 15 and 25. In Cyrodiil it runs fine, as long as no battle is going on nearby, IN a battle, it drops to 4, I assume it's all that spellcasting and too many players at one spot. Sometimes the game even just logs me out there automatically, then I end up at the point where I left to Cyrodiil...

I really would love to fight in Cyrodiil, but on 4 fps I need a bucket and a doctor (really, I get sick watching that slideshow). It needs about 10 seconds to use the staff or cast a spell, by this time I get killed most of the time anyways, so what's the point then..

Mmh dude you got less fps than my laptop midend spec, time to upgrade i think

Yeah, an upgrade wouldn't hurt But nevertheless, my hardware is still above the minimum requirements, so I don't know why it runs like this. When they say it would run on this machine, then I expect it runs on this machine, otherwise I wouldn't have bought the game. Not everyone can upgrade at anytime due to other monthly financial obligations. They also said they fixed the lag problem in Cyrodiil, but I still don't notice any difference..

Btw, I'm not a dude

The only time I experience long loading screens are directly after the big content updates, after that it usually take a minute or less. In the environments and cities, I consistently get around 80-90 FPS, around 60-70FPS in various PvE and small scale PvP combat and 10-30FPS in moderate/large size sieges in cyrodiil. I also experience little to no lag outside of cyrodiil and the only time I crash is in cyrodiil.

Specs:
i5 4690K
8GB DDR3 RAM
Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 Motherboard
HD6850 Radeon graphics card
I also dont overclock as of this time. Also this comp is around a month or two old.

There seem to be two issues here.

1) Long load time. This should not typically be graphics card related, so I think it is a waste of time to look there first. Load times are the network, local CPU, HD, and ESO server. A lot of things happen during the loading screen, especially after a patch, while the game sorts things out. Once everything is sorted out, the loading screen leading to character select will be fairly short.

When your experience is outside of the norm at the time, the two high probability causes are network and intense CPU/HD activity or slowness. The latter could be caused by game corruption, which is what Repair is intended to check for.

2) Once in the game, you experience poor FPS. This is to a degree that others are not experiencing it. This is graphics card, CPU/HD, the network, and the server.

Again, if you are experiencing this outside of the norm for others at the time, it points to the network, graphics card, and CPU/HD. Graphics card, if it is the issue, is unrelated to the long load time.

Let's take the 750m first. The little "m" at the end speaks volumes. ESO will give the card a better workout than Skyrim, in my experience, so the 750m may throttle down to keep core temp in range. That said, turning down settings would mitigate this, so I think we can safely rule out the 750m, for now.

That leaves the CPU/HD and the network. The cause will likely be the same as with 1. The game could be corrupted and a Repair is needed.

However, I suspect the network as the primary source of problems. By network, I mean "internet", and not necessarily your ISP.

I do want to say that a lot of people rage at "Repair", mostly because of the perception that it does not fix anything. However, I view the Repair as establishing part of the base line. It rules out one possible problem and it only needs to be run once. If it fixes something, you will be glad you tried it. If it does not, then at least it is done and you no longer have to worry about that.

I will also say to avoid ALT-F4 to exit the game during loading screens without giving ESO many minutes to clear the screen. By many minutes, I mean on the order of 15 minutes, not a couple minutes. It appears that some loading screens are doing work locally, especially after a patch. If this is interrupted, at minimum the game will pick up where it left off and you will still have to wait, just longer. At the worst, it could cause corruption that may require a Repair.

Sallington wrote: »

As far as the FPS issues go, the 750m is not a powerful graphics card, at all.

I'm assuming those tests are for the 1gb ddr5 version. I get pretty great performance with most games on ultra.

Runs fine on my i5, not a powerful machine but i never dip under 40FPS.
I suggest OP buys a decent PC

Fluffbuff wrote: »

. . . Angry Joe mentions it . . .

I was following this post to see what causes your problems as you seem to have a good gaming laptop. But with your previous statement you've lost all credibility for me. Don't use Angry Joe to prove your point (or any point).

Sadly he comes to many people's mind. And I agree that the game is poorly optimized. However, I haven't had a problem and play since early access on my gaming PC. I also tried on my 5 year old Dell laptop and it runs steadily at 30fps on medium settings. So I guess it really depends on your equipment. What I realized, though, was that I had to stop a lot of background tasks on my laptop to get it working. Hope you solve your loading issue as the game is great.

yep their coders have no clue wtf they are doing .

Thank you for that statement. Now those of us who advise will add "check Firewall" to the list .

I was going to add that you should state whether you are using the EU or NA server because there is a connection difference with a lot more complaints about the EU server connection.